Thursday, June 23, 2016

At least 13 soldiers loyal to Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi,
Yemen's embattled president, have been killed after al-Qaeda militants blew up
explosive-laden vehicles outside the port city of Mukalla. Several soldiers
were also injured in the Thursday attack on the eastern outskirts of the
Hadhramaut provincial capital, which the army recaptured from al-Qaeda last
month.

The deaths happened after one bomber rammed an
explosive-laden vehicle into the gate of a base in the Khalf district, followed
immediately by a second who blew up a car in the centre of the camp. Immediately
after, al-Qaeda militants clashed with soldiers outside the base.